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Pellaz
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If you're delving back into Anne McCaffrey, try to include the Harper Hall novels (Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragondrums) if you "go back to the beginning." They run concurrently with the original Pern trilogy, but are, if anything, superior works.
For other epic "high fantasy" works you haven't read yet (per your authors list), I'd suggest:
- Barry Hughart, The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox -- brilliant, but hard-to-find, high fantasy set in ancient China. Great fun to read and flawlessly executed.
- Tad Williams: the Memory, Sorrow, Thorn trilogy -- great interrelationships, great traditional high fantasy.
- Katherine Kurtz: the Chronicles of the Deryni
- Ursula K. LeGuin: the Earthsea trilogy (actually I think it's 4 books now)
- Guy Gavriel Kay: the Fionavar Tapestry (trilogy)
- Michael Moorcock: the Eternal Champion Cycle (Elric, Corum, Hawkmoon, Erekose)
- Fritz Leiber: the Fafhrd and Grey Mouser books
- Terry Pratchett: the Discworld series
- Jacqueline Carey: the Kushiel trilogy (starts with Kushiel's Dart) -- excellent series with strong (!) female lead character. Highly recommended.
- Storm Constantine: the Wraeththu trilogy -- the single most influential fantasy I've encountered in the last ten years and the origin of my nickname here. Storm's Grigori and Magravandian trilogies are good, too. Fine writer and a truly nice person.
You'll find that the Mallorean is remarkably similar to the plot in the Belgariad -- so similar, in fact, that at one point the characters start quipping about the similarities. I restrained the urge the throw the book across the room.
Pellaz
Tigron of Immanion
Oh, I just finished Tanya Huff's Blood Lines and Blood Pact together in one volume -- both excellent.
Have just started Eric Flint's 1632, and I'm looking forward to some alternate-history fantasy after some really good vampire books.
Have just started Eric Flint's 1632, and I'm looking forward to some alternate-history fantasy after some really good vampire books.
I'm almost done with Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy - I'm finding it rather heavily clichéd in places, but it's so well executed that I don't really care that much.
Following that, I have Wizard of Earthsea (it's been SO long since I've read it), the expanded Beggars in Spain (loved the novella), Imago (3rd in a trilogy which went out of print before I finished the first two), and then a second huge trade ppb SF anthology that I got for two bucks...
Following that, I have Wizard of Earthsea (it's been SO long since I've read it), the expanded Beggars in Spain (loved the novella), Imago (3rd in a trilogy which went out of print before I finished the first two), and then a second huge trade ppb SF anthology that I got for two bucks...
OrbWeaver
BECAUSE FALCONER
You'll find that the Mallorean is remarkably similar to the plot in the Belgariad -- so similar, in fact, that at one point the characters start quipping about the similarities. I restrained the urge the throw the book across the room.
Oh dear...Maybe purchasing the series was a mistake.
grogg
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Thanks for the suggestions. I nver seem to get enough time to do a lot of research on the novels I want to read. Suggestions usually work well for me and tend to be consistent with my interests.
Ordered The Last Kingdom for my wife. This is right up her alley. I enjoyed the Wilbur Smith novels. He's a great historical fiction writer. His ancient Egyptian novels were excellent. Taita is like an ancient Thomas Edison.
Going to try this series.
I'm going to have to print this list off for future reference.
Heard a lot of good things about this series so I'll check it out.
Thanks!
Ordered The Last Kingdom for my wife. This is right up her alley. I enjoyed the Wilbur Smith novels. He's a great historical fiction writer. His ancient Egyptian novels were excellent. Taita is like an ancient Thomas Edison.
Going to try this series.
I'm going to have to print this list off for future reference.
Heard a lot of good things about this series so I'll check it out.
Thanks!
guardian26
Mike the Cop
Pellaz
Tigron of Immanion
Oh dear...Maybe purchasing the series was a mistake.
Nahh. Eddings tosses in a nifty, kinda throwaway plot-twist at one point in the Mallorean that almost makes the whole refried journey worthwhile.
I adapted it from here: http://www.paulcashman.com/favbooks.html
I need to revise that page, too, with some updates and additions.
JenniferLynn
AKA Irish
Since Memorial Day, I knocked out 5 books.. Karie Moning's Fever series and LK Hamilton's Flirt... And I'm about 2/3 thru her newest Anita Blake book, Bullet..
Pellaz
Tigron of Immanion
This will be good practice for ending the WoT books....'cause there's a LOT to tie together.
I'm nearly done with 1632 by Eric Flint. Really enjoying it; I'll probably order the sequel soon, or pick it up.
The new Honor Harrington book from David Weber should be arriivng within a day or two, though.....can't wait! It even shipped a little early!
Orion Crystal Ice
Rider of the Astral Fire
Pellaz
Tigron of Immanion
Finished Eric Flint's 1632 -- really good, I'll be getting the sequel immediately. As I expected, many of the characters and details are historically accurate, which adds a lot to the book. (A town in contemporary West Virginia suddenly being swapped through time for Germany in 1632 is probably not historical, though. )
Now reading Mission of Honor by David Weber, the long-awaited Honor Harrington novel, and it is great.
Weber and his publisher were doubtless taking some heat from fans over the recent books in the same universe that are centered on other characters, as this one is clearly marked "The new novel starring Honor Harrington" on the front cover.
)Now reading Mission of Honor by David Weber, the long-awaited Honor Harrington novel, and it is great.
Weber and his publisher were doubtless taking some heat from fans over the recent books in the same universe that are centered on other characters, as this one is clearly marked "The new novel starring Honor Harrington" on the front cover.
metalprof
Ken Luther
Just finished:
Just After Sunset, by Stephen King. Short stories, very hit or miss.
a re-read of War of the Twins, by Weis & Hickman. I'm not enjoying the series as much as I remember when I was younger, but I'm not finding this better than the Dragonlance trilogy.
Now reading: the second half of House of Chains, by Steven Erikson.
Up next: Iorich, by Stephen Brust.
Ken
Just After Sunset, by Stephen King. Short stories, very hit or miss.
a re-read of War of the Twins, by Weis & Hickman. I'm not enjoying the series as much as I remember when I was younger, but I'm not finding this better than the Dragonlance trilogy.
Now reading: the second half of House of Chains, by Steven Erikson.
Up next: Iorich, by Stephen Brust.
Ken
OrbWeaver
BECAUSE FALCONER
I liked War of the Twins, but not nearly as much as the DL Chronicles. In fact, I re-read the Chronicles two or three years ago.
Still enjoyed it just as much then as I did when I was 16. I haven't felt a desire to re-read WoT yet. Maybe if I end up getting the annotated version...
Wandrail
I'm your Huckleberry
I enjoyed those books as well. Mistborn was a bit slow and took me a while to get through, but I was pretty well hooked all through Well of Ascension and Hero of Ages. The fact that Sanderson took up the reigns of the Wheel of Time makes me almost want to get back into them...except I stopped reading them years ago, after Crown of Swords and it would be quite a chore to try and get up to speed with the new book.
Instead, I am about to finally start reading Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself. Been on my list for a long time, hope its up my alley as much as it seems from the hype.
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